Arabin Congress
Arabin Congress | |
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| 92nd Arabin Congress | |
| Type | |
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| Houses | Senate House of Representatives |
| History | |
| Founded | January 10, 1839 |
New session started | January 5, 2021 |
| Leadership | |
Chelsea Pickering (D) since January 8, 2017 | |
Vice President of the Senate | Poppy Smith (D) since January 8, 2015 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 227 voting members
1 non-voting member
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| Elections | |
Senate last election | December 5, 2020 (11 seats) |
House of Representatives last election | December 5, 2020 (147 seats + 48 new seats) |
Senate next election | December 3, 2022 (11 seats) |
House of Representatives next election | December 3, 2022 (195 seats) |
| Meeting place | |
| Arabin Capitol District of Arabi | |
The Arabin Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of Arabi. It consists of two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Congress meets in the Arabin Captiol in the District. Members of Congress are chosen through direct election, vacanacies in the Senate may be filled by a gubernatorial appointment. Congress has 227 voting members: 195 representatives and 32 senators. The House of Representatives has one non-voting members, bringing the total membership of the Congress to 228 or fewer in the case of vacancies.
The Congress meets every other year ending in an odd number on January 5th, the current congress is the 92nd. Elections for Congress is held every other year on Election Day (first Saturday of December) in an even-numbered year. The House of Representatives members are elected for two-year terms and Senators are elected for six-year terms. Representatives represent citizens of a single constituency known as a district. The seats for the Congressional districts are redrawn every ten years based on the census taken.
History
The First Congress convened on January 10, 1839 when the Constitution went into effect. The First Congress mainly dealt with establishing insitutions and laws that were beneficial to the federal government most of which are still active today. During the First Congress there were 53 members of the House of Representatives and 24 Senators. The current number of members since the Ninety-Second Congress are 195 and 32, respectively.